The Dark Path of Romance by J. Judkins

Author:J. Judkins [Judkins, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Kim woke up to greet the darkened curtains blocking the sunlight with a smile on her face. She couldn’t confirm whether or not it was a lovely day outside, but from the light around the edges of the curtains, it seemed as if it could be.

Today.

Today was the day the magic would happen.

She was determined this time. There would be no more excuses. No more delays. Time was running out. The signs were there for all to see. Each succeeding day eroded just a little bit more of Kim’s already tenuous self-control. She knew if she didn’t act soon, it would have dire consequences.

Kim had examined her situation from every angle and could see no other options. All the benefits of marriage without an official ceremony, or the reality of marriage with all the implied benefits. Those were her only choices.

And given Kim’s near fanatical resistance toward even the mere thought of marriage, her choice was clear. It had to be option one. If she wanted to keep her single status, it was absolutely imperative she seduce the hell out of Angel at the earliest opportunity to remove Angel’s reason for wanting it.

Kim slipped on a fresh t-shirt, dragging her not-so-fresh clothing from the night before behind her to be tossed into the bathroom hamper. She examined herself in the mirror with a critical eye.

If avoiding marriage was her only reason, Kim might not have the strength to go through with it. But it was not her only reason.

In the early days of self-deluded, fanciful hopes of resistance, Kim had come to fully appreciate how an ordinary event could become deeply meaningful, depending upon the circumstances. Kim had resisted temptation because she hadn’t wanted to send Angel a signal she couldn’t take back. It hadn’t occurred to her then that the opposite also held true, that the meaningfulness of a moment was itself a variable, subject to interpretation.

A wedding night was considered special because it marked a long-awaited “first time” in a couple’s lives. The greater the delay, the greater the corresponding significance for when it finally did happen. The logic was inescapable.

For that reason alone, it was vital Kim allowed nothing to delay her. It needed to happen now— sooner, rather than later—before the underlying significance of the event became something deeply meaningful and beyond her control.

Then there was the matter of her own self-preservation. She knew enough about sex to know both partners should receive mutual satisfaction at some point in order to fall asleep, or at least think about something else for a change. That meant Kim needed to start doing her part. If things continued to be one-sided, she would eventually die from sexual exhaustion.

After taming her hair into something that didn’t closely resemble a rat’s nest, Kim found her toothbrush and brushed her morning breath away. She prepared for the day on autopilot. Most of her mind remained focused on her immediate future.

There was a final reason that today had to be the day. And admittedly, it was not her best.

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